Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Confessions of a conspiracy theorist

I always give most credence to the idea that is most shouted down

Anti-lockdown protester speaks to a police officer outside New Scotland Yard in London, 2 May 2020 (Getty Images) 
issue 17 December 2022

‘You’re one of them anti-vaxxers,’ said the brusque northerner who was seated opposite me at a friend’s supper party. ‘Why do you think I got Covid and was really ill even though I’m up to date on my jabs?’

And he fixed me with a murderous stare. I said: ‘I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick.’

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